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Note: The inclusion criteria for adding events are based on WikiProject Earthquakes' notability guideline that was developed for stand-alone articles. The principles described also apply to lists. In summary, only damaging, injurious, or deadly events should be recorded.
2011 Virginia earthquake Washington (state) 8.7–9.2 January 26, 1700 1700 Cascadia earthquake West Virginia: 5.8 August 23, 2011 2011 Virginia earthquake Wisconsin: unk. May 6, 1947 1947 Wisconsin earthquake Wyoming: 7.2 August 17, 1959 1959 Hebgen Lake earthquake
The earthquake, along with a magnitude-5.8 quake on the border of New York and Ontario in 1944, is the largest to have occurred in the U.S. east of the Rocky Mountains since an 1897 quake centered in Giles County in western Virginia [22] [23] whose magnitude has been estimated as 5.8 [24] or 5.9. [25]
2010 Yushu earthquake: 2,698 12,135 14 [85] China, Tibet Autonomous Region, 239 km NNW of Chamdo: 6.1 7.6 VII Largest aftershock of the 2010 Yushu earthquake. It occurred one hour and thirty-six minutes after the main shock. - - 17 [86] Papua New Guinea, Morobe Province, 33 km E of Lae: 6.2 53.0 VI - - - 18 [87]
WASHINGTON COUNTY, Va. (WJHL)— The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) began assessing flood damage in Washington County, Virginia on Thursday. On Thursday morning, county officials met ...
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Earthquakes (6.0+ M w) between 1900 and 2017 Earthquakes are caused by movements within the Earth's crust and uppermost mantle.They range from weak events detectable only by seismometers, to sudden and violent events lasting many minutes which have caused some of the greatest disasters in human history.